I just dont have the energy for it.
I have so much fuel to put into this reality, this body, all this stuff.
I cant just go play make-believe right now.

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Im still trying to live in reality, Im trying to live.
So it was a hard line for me to cross.
It was a big stretch.

It was very, very challenging for me mentally to get over that hump.
But if it was a very challenging role, I couldnt have taken it.
Renner is set to join Daniel Craig in thenext installment of theKnives Outsaga.